Fabric-measuring machine.



PATENTED NOV. 13, 1906.

J. A. COX. FABRIC MEASURING MACHINE.

8 INVENTOR- A TTORNE Y5 firms/1.65m

APPLICATION FILED JULYlO. 1906.

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JAMES A. COX, OF BROWNSVILLE, OREGON.

' FABRIC-MEASURING MACHINE-j I Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 13, 1906.

Application filed July 10,1906, Serial No. 325,585.

To allwhom it may concern/.

Be itknown that I, JAM'Es A. Cox, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brownsville,

-in the county of Linn and State of Oregon,

have invented a new and useful Fabric-Measuring Device, of which the following is a specification.

This mventlon relates to machines for measuring fabrics of various kinds and for measurmg and rewinding fabrics and has for 1ts object to improve the construction and 111- crease the efficiencyof devices of this character.

With these and other objects in view, which will appear as the nature of the inven tion is better understood, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction,

as hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification and in which corresponding parts are denoted by like designating characters, is illustrated the preferred form of the embodiment of the invention capable of carrying the same into practical,op eration, it being understood that various changes in the form, proportion, and minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention within the scope of the appended claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is an end elevation. Fig. 2 is a front elevation. Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a side view of a modified form of the windin ree stub shafts or journals of the reel structure shown in Fig. 4, and Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the locking-sleeve of the modified structure shown in Fig. 4.

The improved device may be employed for measuring and winding or rewinding fabrics of various kinds and wound upon cores or reels of various forms, but is more particularlyv Fig. 5 is a section on the line 5 5 of Fig. 2 4. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of one of the and spaced bars 13 14 at the front and likewise connected by an intermediate tie-rod 15.

The end members of the frame are somewhat L-shaped in outline and provided with semicircular sockets 16 17 at the juncture of the'two .legs of the ells, and the rod 15 is located, centrally 0f the sockets and connected to the end members by couplin plates 18 19, the latter firmly attached to the end members by screens or other fastening means 71.

The end members 11 are provided with relatively large apertures 9 20, through which the bolts of cloth (indicated at.21) may be inspected when in the receptacle formed bythe curved portion 12. The end members are also provided with cavities 22 23 in their vertical portions, in which arms 24 25 are received, the arms having bearings 26 27 at their lower ends conforming to and fitting into the sockets 16 17. The rod also passes centrally through the bearings 26 27, so that the arms swing upon the rod as a pivot member.

The arms 24 are connected by a bar 28 and also provided with a roller 29, j ournaled at 30 31 therein above the bar, while another roller 32is pivoted at 33 34 in the end members 10 11 and in surface contact with the roller 29 when the arms 24 25 are in their upper position The arms 24 25 with their attachments when disposed in their lower position, as, indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 3, provides means for the insertion of the bolt of fabric (indicated at 21) into the receptacle, and when thus deposited and the arms and their attachments disposed in their upper position the fabric will be held between the rollers 29 and 32, as hereinafter described.

The spaced bars 13 14 are provided with guide-plates 35 36 upon their upper faces, which project inwardly for a distance over the bars and form guideways upon which the base portions37 38 of standards 39 40 are disposed, as shown, the base 38 and standard 40 being disposed outside the end member 10 and stationary and the base 37 and standard 39 being disposed between the end members and slidable upon the guide-plates 35 36 The standard 39 is provided with a springactuated locking-lever 41, adapted to lock the base and standard, to which it is connected at any desired point upon the guides 35 36 and bars 13 14 The standard 39 is provided with a bearing 42 at its upper end to receive 1 a stud 43, which extends from a bracket 44, l the latter having a channel 45 to receive one l end of the core upon which the cloth is to be wound The standard 40 is provided with a socket 46, adapted to receive a rod 47, the latter formed to receive a crank 48 at the outer end and with a bracket 49 at the other end pro-. vided with a channel 50 to receive the other end of the core upon which the cloth is to be wound. By this arrangement a core of any required length may be supported between the brackets 44 and 49 by adjusting the movable standard 39.

An indicating mechanism of suitable construction is associated with the roller 29, preferably connected to its journal 31, as shown at 51, to indicate the length of cloth passing through the rollers 29 32.

The forward end of the end member 11 is provided with an enlargement 52, upon which supporting-frameof the roller 29 bears when in open position, as represented by dotted lines in Fig. 3. When the device is to be used, the roller 29 with its frame are thus disposed to enable the outer end of the cloth to be passed to the core or other device upon which it is to be wound and which is connected, as before described, between the brackets 44 and 49.

In starting the measuring operations arms 23 24 and their attachments are disposed in their lower position and the bolt of fabric disposed in the receptacle with the end of the cloth held upon the roller 29, and the latter disposed in-closed position, as in full lines in Fig. 3, and the cloth drawn outward and attached to the core upon which the fabric is to be wound, the act of drawing the cloth outward causing the indicating mechanism to be actuated, and thus measure the first portion of the cloth. Then by rotating the crank 48 the cloth is wound from the bolt within the receptacle upon the core between the brackets and the quantity indicated by, the mechanism at 51. The cloth may thus be quickly and uniformly rewound and the quantity indicated by one operation.

When the device is to be employed for measuring a portion of the bolt-as, for instance, when selling at retailthe device shown in Figs. 4, 5, 6, and 7 will be employed, consisting of a plate 53, tapering toward one end, and with a stud 54 extending from the larger end for engagement with the bearing 42 of the standard 39, and. with a stud 55 extending from the smaller end for detachable engagement with the socket 46 of the standard 40.

The edges of the central plate 53 are longitudinally grooved, as indicated at 56 57, and

bearing upon these grooved edges are reversely-tapcred plates 58 59, having ribs 60 6 lengaging the grooves, the three plates when 6 5 thus united forming a rectangular. structure with parallel sides, as represented in Fig. 4.

The central plate 53 is shorter than the outer plates 58 59, which overhang the smaller end of the central plate at their larger ends and are formed with notches 62 63 in the overhanging portions, the notches having ribs 64 65 entering recesses 66 67 in a stop 68 upon the stud 55.

The outer end of the stud 55 is adapted to receive an operating-crank, preferably the same crank48 being employed for both the studs 47 and 55. When a quantity of cloth less than the whole is to be measured, the device shown in Fig. 4. is arranged upon the standards 39 40 and the cloth wound thereon in the same manner as before described.

After the desired amount has been transferred to the holder 53 58 59 it is severed at the required point and the stud 55 removed laterally from the socket 46 and the stop mem ber 68 withdrawn, which will release the members 58 59 and permit them also to be withdrawn, thus releasing the cloth which has been measured and enabling it to be readily withdrawn endwise from the member 53 and wrapped up and delivered to the customer.

The device is simple in construction, convenient in use, and may be readily adapted to all the purposes for which devices of this character are employed.

What is claimed is- 1. In a cloth-measuring device, a body having a cloth-receptacle and an adjustable winding device spaced apart and with spaced sockets between said receptacle and winding device, a swinging frame including spaced arms having bearings movably engaging said sockets, a roller mounted in said frame and over which the cloth passes, and a roller carried by said body and bearing upon the cloth when the swinging frame is in its elevated position.

2. In a cloth-measuring device, a body having a cloth-receptacle and an adjustable winding device spaced apart and with spaced sockets between said receptacle and winding device, a tie-rod connecting the ends of said body and disposed centrally of said sockets, a frame including spaced arms having bearings engaging said sockets and swinging upon said rod, a roller carried by said swinging frame and over which the cloth passes, and a roller carried by said body and bearing upon the cloth passing over said swinging roller when in its upward position.

3. In a cloth-measuring device, a body having a cloth-receptacle and an adjustable winding device spaced apart, and with spaced sockets between said receptacle and winding device, guard-plates bearing over said sockets, a tie-rod extending between said guard plates and centrally of said sockets, and a frame including spaced arms swinging upon said rod and with bearings engaging said sockets.

4. In a cloth-measuring device, a body having a cloth-receptacle and an adjustable winding device spaced apart, and with spaced sockets between said receptacle and winding device, guard-plates bearing over said sockets, a tie-rod extending between said guardplates and centrally of said sockets, a frame including spaced arms swinging upon said rod and with bearings engaging said sockets, a roller journaled in said arms and swinging therewith and a roller carried by said'body and bearing above said swinging roller when said swinging frame is in elevated position.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto afiixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JAMES A. COX. Witnesses:

HARRY G. MCCAIN, RUnoLPHA J; TUSSING. 

